This past weekend was the final three days of racing held at Theo Wirth Park in Minneapolis & run by the Loppet Nordic Foundation ( http://www.loppet.org/ ) Youth from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ontario & Manitoba arrived and raced. Great Classic races & Skate races were held on Saturday & Sunday. It was a weekend with over 300 of the top Youth (U16/U14/U12) Nordic racers in the Midwest, Racing, Playing & having FUN!

It was also great to have 2 local youth placing well in the top results of the U12 Boys category:

The Rice Lake School Districts Tainter Elementary & Birchwood School District were recently selected as a CXC “Nordic Rocks” school — Two of 30 schools to introduce elementary aged children to cross country skiing this winter season. PLEASE help the program to continue to grow in Midwest schools: DONATE today and help CXC match the current grant funding. Proud to be supporting CXC and their mission with Youth & Masters to GROW the sport of Nordic in the Central Region.